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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?

2. Who is the mother of the baby who is born and survives in Chapter 23?

3. What did the Padre dream about when he was asleep?

4. What ladies is the Collector attracted to?

5. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What table is used for the altar for the Wright baby's Baptism?

2. What does Fleury do for Louise's birthday?

3. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

4. What ingenious idea does Harry come up with to deal with the thick vegetation encroaching on the edges of the defenses?

5. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

6. What does the Collector do when he returns to London?

7. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

8. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

9. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

10. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Fleury's invention. What is it called? Is it successful?

2) Whom do Fleury and Harry go back to try to save? Are they successful? What about a locket?

3) Describe Fleury's birthday celebration. What does Louise make as a present for him?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the relationship of the Collector with his daughters. What is your opinion of him as a father?

2) Describe the situation of the ladies in the billiard room. How do they interact? How does the Collector view them when he visits the billiard room?

3) Describe Fleury's character. Do you find his poetic musings and views on religion sympathetic? Is he perhaps the most sensitive of the men considering his sympathy and interest in the Indians.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the final attack on the Residency. What are some of the comical moments which take place during this attack?

2) Describe Fleury's reaction to hearing the singing of prayers and the tolling of bells floating over the plain. What does he ponder while listening to the beauty of the singing?

3) Who ends up married to whom after the siege is over and life returns to normal?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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